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With less than three months to go until HBO’s “Game of Thrones”kicks off its fifth season, fans are busy investigating clues and theories about the future of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire.” The fantasy writer is expected to release two more books in the series, “The Winds of Winter” and “A Dream of Spring.”

The latest evidence to emerge involves one of ASOIAF’s biggest fan theories: R+L=J. In a recent post about Easter eggs on the show, Moviepilot showed an image in which the letters “R L” appear to be carved into a wooden beam at Castle Black, with none other than Jon Snow right next to it.

As filming gets under way for season 5 of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” select members of the cast—along with George R.R. Martin and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss—appeared on a panel at Comic-Con Friday.

Remarks on eye-gouging and male nudity aside, the panel—which also included Kit Harington, Rose Leslie, Maisie Williams, Gwendoline Christie, John Bradley, Rory McCann, Sophie Turner, Natalie Dormer, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Pedro Pascal—shared some revealing details (including season 5′s new cast, plus a blooper reel) about the upcoming seasons and books. Martin also revealed that he won’t write an episode for season 5 in order to focus on finishing “The Winds of Winter.” Read More »

During a three-day trip to Northern Ireland, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited HBO’s “Game of Thrones” set in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. For the occasion, the band of the Scots Guard played the television show’s theme song during the changing of the guard, according to the British monarchy’s official Twitter account.

[Spoiler alert: This article references plot points from the most recent episode of "Game of Thrones"]

While “Game of Thrones” viewers are still reeling from the epic battle of Castle Black, Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow, was all smiles at last night’s New York screening of “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” which opens Friday.

The 27-year-old British actor shared his views on Jon Snow’s daring mission north of the Wall–without horse, sword or even his wolf, Ghost. “He has his wits, his intelligence and that’s about it,” Harington told Speakeasy of his character’s only defenses. “His plan is to kill Mance Rayder because that’s the only thing left for him to do.” Read More »

Kit Harington is traveling from one dragon-filled world to another. The 26-year-old actor who plays Jon Snow on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” made a surprise appearance at the DreamWorks panel at Comic-Con Thursday to talk about his coming film “How to Train Your Dragon 2.”

Along with Dean DeBlois, the co-director of the first “How to Train Your Dragon,” Harington spoke about his character. “It’s safe to say this film has a lighter tone than ‘Game of Thrones,’” Harington said, “it’s not quite as raunchy or violent.” According to DeBlois, who will be the sole director of the second film, Eret “loves the sound of his own voice. There might be some goodness in him, he’s very sure of himself and he says how good he is.” Read More »

The third season of “Game of Thrones” draws to a close tonight, and that means fans are already gearing up their questions about the future of the show, and about what’s ahead for the series of novels by George R.R. Martin that inspired the HBO series. Speakeasy chatted with actor Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow on the fantasy-adventure program, to get his take on the season that’s just wrapping up as well as what’s coming up next. We also posed some reader questions that came in via Twitter.

Harington is set to appear in a number of coming big-screen movies, including “Seventh Son,” “Pompeii,” and the animated movie “How to Train Your Dragon 2.”

Here are some edited excerpts from our interview with Harington. Read More »

The third season of HBO’s fantasy adventure series “Game of Thrones” starts on Sunday, but for those who can’t wait, “Game of Thrones: The Exhibition” opened up last night in New York City.

The touring interactive exhibit includes 70 original artifacts from the first two seasons of the show, plus pieces from this year’s new batch of episodes. There is also a replica of the Iron Throne from the series for guests to sit in and pose for pictures. “Do it! You’ll look like a king!” one of the exhibit staffers encouraged Speakeasy. But we know enough about imaging to know that unless you’re actually ruling the Seven Kingdoms, sitting on the Iron Throne looks kinda dorky.

Speakeasy decided we’d look much cooler sitting down to chat with one of the cast members of the show. Several were in attendance at the event, including actresses Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, and Natalie Dormer. Read More »

Only in San Francisco can tech geeks and Hollywood stars so easily co-exist on a red carpet.

Bay Area digerati, like Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, walked alongside “A Song of Ice and Fire” author George R.R. Martin and “Game of Thrones” stars Kit Harington, Rose Leslie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Wednesday night as HBO hosted a screening and Q&A about the returning drama series at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts.

The tech crowd has a particular fascination with “Game of Thrones,” said Craigslist founder and self-proclaimed nerd Craig Newmark, because of the show’s complex mix of history and fantasy. Read More »

There’s summer in the air, but it kinda feels like winter is coming, doesn’t it?

That’s because the second season of HBO’s fantasy series “Game of Thrones” is about to draw to a close. Happily, “Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington stopped by the Wall Street Journal recently to comfort us in the winter of our despair, to talk about his preparation for the third season, and to discuss how the critically-acclaimed series stands up to the popular books that inspired it.

“Game of Thrones” co-star Kit Harington stopped by The Wall Street Journal to share his insider take on the show as it builds to the conclusion of its second season. Harington, who plays Jon Snow on the HBO series, says “no expense was spared” in bringing one coming sequence to the small screen, The Battle of the Blackwater. He also shared his thoughts on spooning on glaciers (he’s all for it), keeping secrets, and the future of “Game of Thrones.” Watch the interview.

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